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CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.ton Hunt, Joseph II. Ingersoll, Jrvin, Jenks, Perley B. John-son, John P. Kennedy-, Daniel P. King, McConneil, Mcll-vaine, Marsh. Edward J. Morris, Freeman H. Morse, Mose-ley, Nes, Newton,-Paterso'n, Peyton, Phcenix, Pollock,Elislia Potior, Ramsey, Ilayncr, llliett, Rockwell, Rod-ney, Rogers, Sample, Sehenck, Senter, Severance, Simpson,Albert Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Spence, Stephens, AndrewStewart, Stiles, Summers, Thommasson, Tilden, Tyler,Vance, .Vanmeter, Vinton,- Wethered, Winthrop, Wood-Ward, William Wright, and Yancey.—S7.THE SUFFRAGE OF WASHINGTON CITY.Mr. WELLER asked leave to introduce a bill,bf which he had heretofore given notice.Some objections were made, while others cried,"what is it?"Mr. WELLER said it was a bill to extend thesuffrage in the City of Washington; and, as therewas objection, he moved a suspension of the rules,to enable him to introduce the bill; and on that mo-tion he called for the yeas and nays.Mr. E. J. BLACK called for the reading of thebill, and it was read accordingly.Mr. ROBERT SMITH said there were manyother gentlemen in the position in which the gentle-man from Ohio stood—having bills which theydesired to introduce: and therefore he suggestedthat the gentleman from Ohio should so amend hishis motion as to suspend the rules for half an hour,for the purpose of introducing bills generally;Mr WELLER replied, that he preferred to takethe vote on his simple proposition.Mr. CAMPBELL-inquired if there was not a billon the calendar to amend the' charter of the City ofWashington, which contained a provision of .thesame character as the bill now presented.The SPEAKER replied, that there was such abill on the calendar.Mr. SCHENCK suggested another amendmentof the pending motion. It was, that the rules of thisHouse generally be suspended to the end of thesession.The SPEAKER. The Chair considers the mo-tion of the gentleman from Ohio not in order.Mr. WELLER thought the House would bemore advantaged by the suspension of his colleague.[Laughter.]The vote was then taken on the suspension of therules, and decided in the affirmative—yeas 124,nays 62, as follows:YEAS—Messrs. Anderson, Arrington, Atdie, Atkinson,Baily, Benton, Bldlack, Kdward J. Black, James Black,James A. Black, Blackwell, Bower, Bowlin, Boyd, Brmkeihoft', Aaron V. Brown, Milton Brown, "William J. Brown,Burke, Burt, Caldwell, Carpenter, Jeremiah K. Cary, Shep-herd Cary, Catlin, Reuben Chapman, Augustus A. Chap-man, Clinton, Cobb, Coles, Culiom, Dana, Daniel, IlichardD. Davis, John W. Davis, Dean, Dillingham, Dromgoole,Duncan, Dunlap, Ellis, Elmer, Farlee, Ficklln, Foster,French, By ram Green, Hale, Hannibal Hamlin, Hammett,Haralson, Hays, Herrick, Hoge, Hopkins, Houston, Hubard,Hubbell, Hughes, Hungerford, James B. Hunt, Charles J.Ingersoll, Jameson, Cave Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Geo."W. Jones, Andiew Kennedy, Preston King, Kirkpatrick, La-branche, Leonard, Lucas, Lumpkm, McCauslen; Maclay,McClelland, McConneil, McDowell, McKay, Mathews, IsaacJE. Morse, Murphy, Nes, Norns, Owen. Parmenter, Payne,Pollock, Elisha R. Potter, Purdy, Rathbun, David S. Reid,Reding, llelfe, Ritter, Roberts, Robinson, Russell, St. John,Sample, Saunders, Thomas II. Seymour, David, L Seymour,Simons, Slidell, John T. Smith, Thomas Smith, RobertSmith, Steenrod, Stephen?, Stiles, Strong, Sykes, Taylor,Thompson, Tibbatts, Welier, Wentworth, Wheaton. Benja-min White, "Williams, Woodward, Joseph A. Wright, Yan-cey, and Yost—124.NAYS—Messrs. Abbot, Adams, Baker, Barringer, Bar-nard, Bufiington, Chilton, Clinch, Clingman, Collamer,Cranston, Garrett Davis, Deberry, Dellet, Dickey, Fish, Florence, Foot, Fuller, Giddmgs, Goggin, Grinnell, Edward S.Hamlin, Hardin, Harper, Hudson, Washington Hunt, JosephR. Ingersoll, Jenks, Perley B. Johnson, John P.Kennedy,Daniel P. King, Lyon, Mcllvaine, Marsh, EdwardJ Morris, Freeman H. Morse, Moseley, Newton, Paterson,Preston, Ramsey, Rayner, Rockwell, Rogers, Schenck, Sen-ter, Severance, Caleb B. Smith, Spence, Andrew Stewart,Summers, Thomasson, Tilden, Tyler, Vance, Vanmeter,"Vinton, John White, Winthrop, and William Wright—6"2.Mr. WELLER then introduced the bill, entitled"A bill to extend the*right of suffrage in the cityof Washington."Mr. W. said he hoped the bill would be put uponits passage, if the House was prepared to vote uponit.[Cries of "read, read."]Mr. PAYNE called for the reading of the bill;which was read as follows:A bill to extend the right of suffrage in the city of Wash-ington.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States' of ^America in Compress assembled, Thatevery free white mal$ citizen of the United States (exceptpersons confined as paupers in the alms-house) who shallnave attained the age or twenty-one years, and shall haveresided in the city of Washington one year immediatelypreceding the election, shall be entitled to vote for Mayor,jnembers of the Board of Aldermen and Common Council,and all other officers authorized to be chosen at any popularelection under the existing charter of said incorporation.And be it farther enacted, That all laws inconsistent withthe provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, re-pealed.Mr. HOLMES moved an amendment—to strikeout the word "paupers."The SPEAKER said, if there was no ob-jection to the bill, the question would"be on its pass-age.Mr. HA-RALSON remarked that, from the read-ing of the bill, it appeared to him to extendto all classes of the community—tosvery sort, size,and description, whether in the penitentiary, thealms-house, the lunatic asylum, or anywhere else.He did not know how it would operate with itspresent provisions, but it could do no harm to sendit to a committee to be investigated. He thereforemoved its reference to the Committee for the Districtof Columbia.Mr. WELtER. I hope not.Mr. HALE had but one suggestion to make inrelation to this motion. He was in favor of thebroadest extension of the right of suffrage; but hisobjection to the bill was, that the exception, as itnow stood, applied to paupers "confined" in thealms-house. ' He did not know what the-police ofthis city was; but, in the State from which he came,and in all the New England States, paupers werenot "confined," but were •merely detained, at theirown request. He was in favor, in order to correctany defects there might be in the bill, of referring itto a committee for investigation.The question was then taken upon the reference,and decided in the affirmative.So the bill was referred to the Committee for theDistrict of Columbia.Mr. HOLMES, on' leave, gave notice of his inten-tion, on to-morrow, or some subsequent day, to in-troduce a joint resolution to change the name of thebrig Daniel Webster to Adola, and the name ofthe schooner Mary Frances to Isabella.Mr. ARRINGTON asked leave to introduce aresolution directing the Committee on Commerce toinquire into the expediency of making an appropria-tion for the erection of suitable buildings for the useof the custom-house of Newbern, N. C.The SPEAKER said the resolution could onlybe received by the general consent of the House.Mr. D. L. SEYMOUR inquired if resolutionswould not be in order in the regular order of busi-ness to day.The SPEAKER replied that they would be afterpetitions and reports from committees had been re-ceived.Mr. SEYMOUR then objected to the receptionof the resolution at this time.ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OPTHE TREASURY.Mr. McKAY inquired of the Chair if any com-munication had been received from the Secretaryof the Treasury, which had not been laid before theHouse?The SPEAKER replied in the affirmative.Mr. McKAY said he hoped it would be present-ed, as the Committee of Ways and Means had noth-ing before them.No objection being made,The SPEAKER laid before the House the annu-al report of the Secretary of the Treasury; which,On motion of Mr. McKAY, was ordered to beprinted, and referred to the Committee of Ways andMeans.Mr. McKAY moved that the usual number—tenthousand extra copies—thereof be printed.The SPEAKER replied that the motion was not" in order, unless by the general consent of theHouse.No objection being made, the question was taken,and the motion was agreed to.REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THEGENERAL LAND OFFICE.The SPEAKER also laid before the House acommunication from the Secretary of the Treasu-ry, enclosing the annual report of the Commission,er of the General Land office; which,On motion of Mr. JOHN. W. DAVIS, was re-ferred to the Committee on Public Lands, and or-dered to be printed.On motion of Mr. D., on leave, five thousand ex-tra copies thereof were ordered to be printed.Mr. SIMONS, from the Committee on Engrav-ing, reported the following resolution:Resolved, That the Committee on Engraving be request-ed to demand all plates heretofore engraved by order ofthis House, and paid for by the House, which have beeii re-tained or not delivered by those who furnished them; andthat they be placed ill the keeping of the Congressional Li-brarian.The question was taken, and the resolution wasagreed to.REDUCTION OP THE ARMY.Mr. JAS. A. BLACK rose and asked leave, inconformity with previous notice, to introduce a billto regulate the pay of the army of the United States,and for other purposes.No objection being made, the bill was received.Mr. B. moved that it be referred to the Commit-tee on Military Affairs, and be printed.Mr. CAVE JOHNSON suggested, the proprietyof sending the bill to a select committee—the coursewhich had been taken with this bill at the last ses-sion, and which was usually taken with retrench-ment bills; and he moved its reference accordingly.Mr. WELLER -said he supposed this was sub-stantially the same bill as that of the last session,and he saw no propriety for its reference. He mov-ed its reference to the Committee of the Whole onthe state of the Union.Mr. BLACK, in accordance with the suggestionmade, moved the reference to a select committee offive members.The question on the reference to the Committeeof the Whole on the state of the Union (being firstin order) was announced.Mr. BARNARD expressed the hope that this bill,having been introduced by a member, and comingfrom no committee, would be referred to a commit-tee, according to the almost universal practice.The question was taken, and the House-refused torefer the bill to the Committee of the Whole on thestate of the Union.Mr. HOLMES moved the reference to the Com-mittee on Military Affairs.Mr. HALE remarked that the history of this bill,or of one substantially the same, was familiar toevery member of this House. It had passed thisHouse at the last session by a very decided majori-ty. In that bill an attempt had been made by theHouse to cut off some of the supernumerary super-fluous officers belonging to the army. The bill hadbeen kept along until the very [last morning of thesession, and then every single amount of retrench-ment made by the House had been cut off by theSenate, and acceded to by the House, because itwas so late that nothing otherwise could be done.He believed a similar course was intended at thissession; and he did hope, if the House meant to ad-here to the principle adopted at that' time, (viz: tomake a tithe of the reduction that ought to be madein the army; to cut off gome of the supernumeraryofficers, and reduce the pay of others,) that theywould send it to a select committee, who wouldnurse and take care of it, and see that it was report-ed in proper time. For this reason, he hoped thatit would not go to the standing committee, who werealready encumbered with a pressure of business.The question was taken by tellers on the refer-ence to the Committee on Military Affairs, and wasdecided in the negative: ayes 70, noes 73.The question was then taken on the reference to aselect committee, and was carried without a di-vision.Mr. ARRINGTON again asked leave to offer theresolution which he had previously attempted to(and which is given above.)No objection being made, the resolution was re-ceived; and, at the request of Mr. BLACK, ofGeorgia, the resolution, having been modified so asto make a similar inquiry with reference to Savan-nah, Georgia, was adopted.TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT OE OREGON.Mr. DUNCAN asked leave to introduce a bill ofvery important character, in conformity with noticeheretofore given.The SPEAKER said that the business regularlyin order was petitions that lay over, and then reportsof committees.Mr. DUNCAN said he apprehended there wouldbe no objection to the introduction of the bill. It wasin relation to Oregon.Objections were heard from several quarters.Mr. DUNCAN then moved to suspend the rulesfor its introduction; and on this motion he called theyeas and nays; which were ordered.The bill having been read by its title, viz: "A billto organize a territorial government in the OregonTerritory, and for other purposes," the question was